EP3918386A4 - ULTRA-LOW LOSS OPTICAL FIBER - Google Patents

ULTRA-LOW LOSS OPTICAL FIBER Download PDF

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EP3918386A4
EP3918386A4 EP20747685.4A EP20747685A EP3918386A4 EP 3918386 A4 EP3918386 A4 EP 3918386A4 EP 20747685 A EP20747685 A EP 20747685A EP 3918386 A4 EP3918386 A4 EP 3918386A4
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optical fiber
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Nivedita PRASAD
Badri Gomatam
Chandan Saha
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Sterlite Technologies Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/01205—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting from tubes, rods, fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/01211—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting from tubes, rods, fibres or filaments by inserting one or more rods or tubes into a tube
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/0128—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting from pulverulent glass
    • C03B37/01282—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting from pulverulent glass by pressing or sintering, e.g. hot-pressing
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C12/00—Powdered glass; Bead compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C13/00—Fibre or filament compositions
    • C03C13/04—Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions
    • C03C13/045—Silica-containing oxide glass compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C13/00—Fibre or filament compositions
    • C03C13/04—Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions
    • C03C13/045—Silica-containing oxide glass compositions
    • C03C13/046—Multicomponent glass compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C8/00—Enamels; Glazes; Fusion seal compositions being frit compositions having non-frit additions
    • C03C8/02—Frit compositions, i.e. in a powdered or comminuted form
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/08—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant
    • C03B2201/12—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant doped with fluorine
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/30—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi
    • C03B2201/32—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with aluminium
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/30—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi
    • C03B2201/54—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with beryllium, magnesium or alkaline earth metals
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/01205—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting from tubes, rods, fibres or filaments
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/0128—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting from pulverulent glass
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C2213/00—Glass fibres or filaments

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EP20747685.4A 2019-01-29 2020-01-10 ULTRA-LOW LOSS OPTICAL FIBER Withdrawn EP3918386A4 (en)

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IN201911003617 2019-01-29
PCT/IN2020/050029 WO2020157767A1 (en) 2019-01-29 2020-01-10 Ultra-low loss optical fiber

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EP3918386A4 true EP3918386A4 (en) 2022-10-26

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WO2020157767A1 (en) * 2019-01-29 2020-08-06 Sterlite Technologies Limited Ultra-low loss optical fiber
EP3918387A4 (en) * 2019-01-29 2022-10-12 Sterlite Technologies Limited OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF
EP3917890A4 (en) * 2019-01-29 2022-10-12 Sterlite Technologies Limited PROCESS FOR DRAWING A GLASS FIBER USING A »CORE ROD IN CYLINDER TECHNIQUE
CN119247537A (en) * 2024-09-26 2025-01-03 上海大学 A multi-refractive index nested hollow core anti-resonant optical fiber and a preparation method thereof

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WO2020157766A1 (en) * 2019-01-29 2020-08-06 Sterlite Technologies Limited Optimized core particles for optical fiber preform and optical fiber preform thereof
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WO2020157769A1 (en) * 2019-01-29 2020-08-06 Sterlite Technologies Limited Method for drawing an optical fibre using rod-in-cylinder technique
WO2020157766A1 (en) * 2019-01-29 2020-08-06 Sterlite Technologies Limited Optimized core particles for optical fiber preform and optical fiber preform thereof
WO2020157765A1 (en) * 2019-01-29 2020-08-06 Sterlite Technologies Limited Optical fibre preform and method of manufacturing thereof

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SAKAGUCHI S ET AL: "LOW RAYLEIGH SCATTERING SILICATE GLASSES FOR OPTICAL FIBERS", IEICE TRANSACTION ON COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY, TOKYO, JP, vol. E80-B, no. 4, 1 April 1997 (1997-04-01), pages 508 - 515, XP000721823, ISSN: 0916-8516 *
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